Jandek to Release Nine-Disc Box Set of Piano Works

The ever-mysterious legend Jandek is releasing a 9xCD box set of solo piano material, The Wire reports. Titled The Song of Morgan, each disc contains one work lasting about an hour, individually titled "Nocturne One", "Nocturne Two", and so on. The release is coming via Jandek's own Corwood Industries private press label, and is now listened on the Corwood mail-order website for $32. The cover, above, depicts Jandek as a child.

According to Volcanic Tongue, where it is also for sale, the pieces "walk the line between a stately fully-composed feel and an aspect of endless diversion" and "'Nocturne Nine' has a weird autistic Beethoven aspect that is very beautiful."

In a very rare interview, Pitchfork's Marc Masters recently spoke with Jandek for his The Out Door column on the legacy of Loren Connors. Revisit the piece here.